The 2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 28, 2006 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32 games in the 2006–07 bowl season. It featured the Texas A&M Aggies representing the Big 12 against the Pac-10 co-champion California Golden Bears. In the Golden Bears' second trip to the Holiday Bowl in three years, they routed the Aggies, 45–10. Each conference received $2.2 million for the teams playing.

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2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
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Texas A&M Aggies California Golden Bears (9–3) (9–3) Big 12 Pac-10 10 45 Head coach:  Dennis Franchione Head coach:  Jeff Tedford AP Coaches BCS 21 21 21 AP Coaches BCS 20 19 18
1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 7 3 0 0 10 California 7 7 14 17 45
Date	December 28, 2006
Season	2006
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium
Location	San Diego, California
MVP	Co-Offensive: Marshawn Lynch (Cal) Co-Offensive: Nate Longshore (Cal) Defensive: Desmond Bishop (Cal)
Referee	John O'Neill (Big Ten)
Attendance	62,395[1]
Payout	US$2,334,186 per team[1]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
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